Definition of Bony

Adjective: bony (bonier,boniest) bow-nee

Very thin especially from disease, hunger or cold
"emaciated bony hands";
- cadaverous, emaciated, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted
Composed of or containing bone
"bony tissue";
- osseous, osteal
Having bones especially many or prominent bones
"her bony wrist"; "bony fish"; "a bony shad fillet";
- boney